Frank Elder Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 dansoldcars@midwestinfo.net Young Ed, any info on this yard in Milton, MN.? Sorry if this has been posted already. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Nothing I've ever been to. Any more info besides that email address? Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Posted January 28, 2009 It is in the Hamb classifieds, car's for sale. $400 and up. over 1000 cars and trucks. There are a few thumbnails, he says about 20 pictures posted on his site, I haven't checked it out yet. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 I take it they are cleaning out the place then? Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Posted January 28, 2009 I have no idea, Let me amend, 300 project cars, 1000 cars in lot from 30's to 60's. The pictures are too big for me to upload. I think he is just trying to boost sales no mention of closing. Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Posted January 28, 2009 www.dansoldcars.net Now try it Ed. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 It works now. Page seems slightly familiar. Looks like some good projects in there. wouldnt mind that desoto convert. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Dan's has a woody wagon for sale -- just add wood. Some assembly required. Quote
Frank Elder Posted January 28, 2009 Author Report Posted January 28, 2009 Looks like it could use a little more metal too! Quote
bigred48 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 I had no idea that this place existed and it is about 10 miles from where I live, I better get over there and see whats out there. cool. Quote
Tim Frank Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 A year or more ago, I mentioned a massive auto graveyard that for years ran along I-81 around Scranton/Wilkes-Barre PA. It is now cleaned up and gone. There was a brief flurry of nostalgic comments and a few folks from the area chimed in. There must have been some old Mopars in there. Question/matter of curiosity....would that have simply all been crushed or would any dealers of used parts of our vintage have gone in and snapped up anything of value? i.e. is it gone forever or might some of it be out there somewhere? Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Maybe some of both......maybe not. Just depends on whether there were any other old car salvage guys around to buy certain oldies. It gets down to what the seller is willing to take and what the buyer (if any) is willing to give. Then, buyer has to move what he buys. An area yard with lots of 40s....50s....60s cars went out a couple years ago. He tried to sell the place in its entirity.... no one wanted to pay the price. At the last, he would sell a complete (usually fairly picked-over) car for about $100, and the entire contents of various busses and box truck beds for $100 each. You had to move the car right then, and empty and haul off the bus load, or as much as you could get on your vehicle. The rest were crushed. Short of finding any kind of buyers, I imagine the whole batch got crushed and is gone forever. Owners often get to a point they are tired of messing with stuff, EPA rules, county zoning, people stealing from them, etc so they just take their money and go out of business. Quote
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